Changelog
What changed, by day: records added and changed (from the database), edits a person or a named agent logged (change_log), and commits to the generator and API. Current release 2026-10-21; file-level diffs per release under /data/releases/; per-record changes through /api/v1/changes.
2026-10-20
sites added 1 · records changed 108 · logged edits 244
- web research added developer / architect / owner facts with source quotes (unreviewed): 87
- status: 61
- share_retrofit: 56
- aka: 21
- city: 8
- name: 6
- alias added: 4
- international: 1
- by: map_fidelity_fix.py 153, hermes-web 87, Hadi (via Claude) 4
Generator and API commits 27
- AdSense on: publisher id in tags.js (consent-gated), one ad unit at the foot of every page, honest copy
- Post-merge fixes: docs_pages loads the API with real boto3 (api/ on sys.path), Parquet release reads multiline CSV, ads.txt uses pub- id, legal pages describe passwordless API keys; PROGRESS merged
- Merge main into enterprise-site: keep map step before enterprise_pages (which must run last)
- Merge pull request #19 from Staffbox-ai/enterprise-api
- Merge pull request #5 from Staffbox-ai/parties-hermes
- Merge pull request #4 from Staffbox-ai/map
- Enterprise site surface: provenance chips with excerpts on every record and owner page, /research/provenance/, Markdown twin + provenance.json per record, llms-full with every site, /terms/ /licence/
- Enterprise API: keys and tiers with quotas (RateLimit-* headers, 429 Retry-After), passwordless magic-link accounts (SES + HS256 session), presigned exports from dated releases, release diff feed, sig
- Wave 1 open layers: Opportunity Atlas, USDA FARA, LEHD LODES, BLS QCEW, NCES schools, USGS elevation, NOAA storms, Realtor.com listings
- LLM and notebook surface: llms.txt + llms-full.txt, AI crawlers named in robots.txt, Jupyter quickstart notebook, /docs/notebooks/ source pack for NotebookLM/ChatGPT/Claude, /privacy/ page; AdSense ve
- Documentation portal: /docs/ (quickstart, behaviour), /docs/api/ (10 endpoints, parameter tables, real request/response examples, errors, headers), /docs/mcp/, /docs/data-model/ (22 tables, 246 column
- MCP server over the API (POST /api/mcp, stateless Streamable HTTP, 9 tools incl. location_sheet) + DeadMalls.com story links: 312 records matched by name/state/city, shown under Elsewhere on the web,
- Massing board polish: real parcel outlines, bonus-density scenario, per-parcel owners and appraisals, featured site (North DeKalb Mall)
- Audience guide for investors and lenders: VestMap-style sourced location sheet (tract, county, risk, access, SEC filings), layer coverage table, growth counties, CMBS appraised values; investor role o
- facts runner: repair small-model JSON (quoted braces, trailing commas) and one tool-free re-ask before failing
- Before-facts Hermes queue (gen/facts): jobs, runner, loader, launcher for GLA / year opened / acres / anchors / developer on free models
- SEC layer (layers10): CoStar-style mall facts from REIT 10-K property tables and CMBS ABS-EE Exhibit 102
- Parties layer: Hermes web-research queue for who built, designed and owned each site
- map: /map/ explorable graph (Atlanta + USA), map_data.py export, map_pages.py views, deploy.sh line
- Gauntlet cycle 3 data-truth residuals: measured tier tallies in the lede, same-name siblings demote strong links, COMM/ABS patterns, sale filter on the quote only with approvals excluded, null-price d
- Provenance labels for staff-review and fidelity edits (from the 20 Oct review loop)
- Gauntlet cycle 3 on the capital layer (+ the review loop's 38 edits in shared files)
- Gauntlet cycle 2b (data-truth lens): adjacency tier for EDGAR links, stricter sale table, deal dedupe
- Gauntlet cycle 2: RMBS trusts out of CMBS, vintage from trust name, honest owner-intro, mobile tables, code-lens fixes
- Gauntlet cycle 1 on the capital layer
- Capital layer: SEC EDGAR CMBS/public-filer links, /trends/capital/ with d3, /data/sources/ with CoStar comparison, reach-the-owner action
- Retrofit Atlas: generator, layers, API, watcher, research (baseline 20 Oct 2026)
2026-10-18
sites added 1,903 · records changed 1,496
2026-10-14
records changed 3
2026-10-13
records changed 4
2026-10-12
records changed 2
2026-10-11
records changed 2
2026-10-07
records changed 10
2026-10-05
records changed 3
2026-10-04
records changed 2
2026-10-03
records changed 1
2026-10-02
records changed 3
Days before October 2026 are the import itself (the baseline of 20 Oct 2026). The developer-facing commit list is also at /docs/changelog/.
Page generated with the site, release 2026-10-21. Corrections: the form or desk@retrofitatlas.org.